TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Seda Şen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to discuss how African-American and ethnic literatures reflect ideas of assimilation and multiculturalism, 2) will be able to investigate how ethnic and minority literatures have shaped arguments about American cultural and national identity, 3) will be able to discuss issues of class and gender in relation to race and ethnicity.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Exploring pluralistic and integrationist approaches to race and ethnicity in America, this course deals with how the writing of minority groups responds to issues such as assimilation and resistance as well as personal/group/national identity and history.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: American Ethnic Cultures and Literatures 2nd Week Freedom for Slaves: Abolitionism and African American Literature 3rd Week After Freedom: African American Literature from the Emancipation to the Harlem Renaissance 4th Week Submission of Research Paper I; Student Presentations 5th Week Submission of Research Paper I; Student Presentations 6th Week America the Melting Pot?: Jewish and Immigrant Experiences 7th Week Native Indian Literatures 8th Week Mexican American Literature 9th Week Submission of Research Paper II; Student Presentations 10th Week Submission of Research Paper II; Student Presentations 11th Week Intersections: Race, Gender, Class 12th Week Contemporary American Identities: Multiculturalism 13th Week Submission of Research Paper III; Student Presentations 14th Week Submission of Research Paper III; Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr., and Jonathan H. Turner. American Ethnicity: The Dynamics and Consequences of Discrimination. New York: Mc-Graw Hill, 1995. Beaty, Jerome, and J. Paul Hunter, eds. New Worlds of Literature: Writings from America's Many Cultures. 2nd ed. New York and London: Norton, 1994. Buenker, John D., and Lorman A. Ratner, eds. Multiculturalism in the United States: A Comparative Guide to Acculturation and Ethnicity. New York: Greenwood, 1992. Ferguson, Russell, et al., eds. Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990. Guiberneau, Montserrat, and John Rex. The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 1999. Hogue, W. Lawrence. Race, Modernity, Postmodernity: A Look at the History and the Literatures of People of Color since the 1960s. Albany, NY: State U of New York P, 1996. McDonald, Jason. "Conceptual Metaphors for American Ethnic Formations." Representing and Imagining America. Ed. Philip John Davies. Keele: Keele UP, 1996. 84-91. Mitchell, Angelyn, ed. Within the Circle: An Anthology of African American Literary Criticism from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present. Durham and London: Duke UP, 1994. Sollors, Werner. Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Culture. New York: Oxford UP, 1986. Sollors, Werner, ed. The Invention of Ethnicity. New York and Oxford: Oxford UP, 1989. Straub, Deborah Gillan, ed. Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995. New York: Gale, 1996.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 2 50 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Project 2 55 110 Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 5 70 Total Workload 305 Total Workload / 30 10,16 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No